Businesses to pay for Garbage collection as of January 2025
By Aabigayle McIntosh
Businesses will be required to pay a $10 fee per day for the collection of garbage as of January 1, 2025.
This is part of efforts to further streamline finances at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA)
Chairman of NSWMA Michael Joseph said this was discussed by the government a while back, but was never implemented.
“Because Solid Waste is responsible for the collection of household waste. Nonetheless, the business in St. John’s, because of the fact that it’s central and it’s a city, they’ve just put the garbage out there. And as to ensure health and safety, we’ve taken that responsibility to collect it. But it’s not our responsibility. And so Cabinet have, in 2025, made a policy that there’s going to be a surcharge of $10 per day,” Joseph said.
This is expected to boost revenue at the statutory corporation which is operating on a deficit.
“So this is, of course, going to increase our revenue. And the estimated increase in revenue will be about $100,000 to $120,000 a month. Which would mean that we have increased injection and decreased expenditure,” Joseph said.
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